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Petrobia
Sign in to savePetrobia is a genus in Tetranychidae (spider mites), containing 34 described species. It includes some pest species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderTrombidiformes
- FamilyTetranychidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 97
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Tetranychidae
- Collections
- EMEC, QM
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tetranychidae
- Image
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.1390 - Petrobia lapidum - Mites - Collection Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans.jpeg
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- Petrobia
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Reproduction
- Pests
- Species
- Identification
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Petrobia is a genus in Tetranychidae (spider mites), containing 34 described species. It includes some pest species.
== Description == Petrobia mites can be recognised by their reddish-brown cuticle, dark body contents and the first leg pair being very long. Each leg ends in pad-like claws and a hooked (uncinate) empodium with more than 1 pair of tenent hairs. The prodorsum of the body has three pairs of setae (ve, sci, sce) and there are no prominent lobes over the gnathosoma. The paranal setae (h2-3) are in a ventral position.
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